Little Hawk: That's a pretty extreme philosophical position you're taking. You seem to be arguing that, since everyone has faith in something, that therefore all opinions are based on faith and not logic, and therefore all opinions are equal; there is no such thing as a good idea or a bad idea, and logic is irrelevant.

Well, that's one way to get people to quit annoying you with logical arguments!

But I can't believe you sincerely believe that. Surely even you are sometimes influenced by logic and insight. Surely sometimes even a person whom you have no particular "faith" in, can cause you to change your opinion by pointing out something you hadn't noticed or thought of before, but which makes perfect sense once you do think of it. Hasn't that ever happened to you? If so, I don't think you can say all your opinions are based on faith, or that all opinions are just a matter of deciding whom to have faith in.

Science is NOT a matter of faith. That's why all science classes involve lab experiments. If science were taught as a matter of faith, it would be enough that you simply memorize equations like Boyle's law (PV = k) without ever doing the experiment yourself. The whole point of doing the experiment is so that you can see for yourself that Boyle's law is true; you don't have to trust anyone. And hopefully the idea will sink in that all scientific knowledge is simply the accumulated experience of thousands of people more or less like yourself doing experiments like this one, carefully analyzing the results, and carefully writing them up for other people to review, critique, and repeat.

Apparently a lot of people go through the experience without ever "getting it." I wish I knew the solution to that problem.